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The distinction between law and politics is central to modernity. Law and politics refer to each other and are structurally connected. But how exactly are they interconnected? Is law the result of political decision? Is politics, even the exercise of constituant power, legally constrained? To what extent is politics constituted by law?

Is there a deep divide between national law and international law? If so what exactly does it consist in and what are its practical implications? Few today would agree with the conceptual claim made by prominent jurists in the 19th century that international law is not law properly so called, because law is tied to sovereignty and there is a no international sovereign.